7 months after quake, squalor unabated
Haitians suffer, improvise as their government fails to assist
(Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)
PETIONVILLE, Haiti — In the St. Therese Park tent camp, two reeking latrines serve thousands of people still homeless almost seven months after the earthquake. Babies without diapers cuddle on their mothers’ laps. Hungry rats prowl through the tents at night, biting people as they sleep. (Full article: 1168 words)
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